LAS VEGAS (AP) — When former NBA player and reality-TV star Lamar Odom was found unconscious in Nevada this week, the hardest part of the story for some people to wrap their heads around was this: He was in a brothel. A legal brothel.
Call it Nevada’s not-so-secret vice: It is the only state with legal prostitution. It has been selling sex with the blessing of the law for years, even if legislators aren’t exactly thrilled about it.
While the law of supply and demand would suggest that Nevada’s one-of-a-kind brothels are doing great, the truth is they are struggling to remain relevant. In a world in which sex is only a smartphone app away, the number of legal bordellos has fallen, and those that remain are trying to reinvent themselves.
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